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(See Companion Resolutions CDCj2004-27, 2004-266)
RESOLUTION NO. CDCj2004-28
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RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, MAKING FINDINGS
REGARDING CONDITIONS OF BLIGHT IN THE REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREA OF THE CENTRAL CITY NORTH
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT; APPROVING THE SECTION 33352
REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL ON THE 2004
AMENDED AND RESTATED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE
CENTRAL CITY NORTH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND
APPROVING THE 2004 AMENDED AND RESTATED
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CENTRAL CITY NORTH
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
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WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino ("City") is a charter city and municipal
corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California;
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WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino ("Agency") is a
public body, corporate and politic, organized and existing under the California Community
Redevelopment Law (the "CRL"). The CRL is found at Health and Safety Code Section 33000
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et seq.; and
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WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission of the City of San Bernardino
(the "Commission") is the governing board of the Agency; and
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WHEREAS, the Mayor and Common Council of the City ("Common Council"), by
adoption of Ordinance No. 3366 on August 6, 1973, approved and adopted the Redevelopment
Plan for the Central City North Redevelopment Project; and
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WHEREAS, the Common Council has subsequently adopted amendments to the
Redevelopment Plan for the Central City North Redevelopment Project as follows:
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(i) Common Council Ordinance No. MC-56l on December 8,1986;
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(ii) Common Council Ordinance No. MC-7l9 on April 2, 1990;
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(iii) Common Council Ordinance No. MC-nO on December 19, 1994; and
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(iv) Common Council Ordinance No. MC-1154.
WHEREAS, the Common Council has initiated proceedings for the adoption of a further
amendment to the Redevelopment Plan to reinstate the Agency's power to acquire land in the
redevelopment project area of the Central City North Redevelopment Project (the "Project
Area") by eminent domain and to make certain other technical amendments to the
Redevelopment Plan, including the rescission of the special development regulations contained
in the Redevelopment Plan affecting lands in the Project Area so that all new development in the
Project Area must conform to the applicable provisions of the City's current General Plan and
current zoning and development regulations, and updating certain other provisions of the
Redevelopment Plan as relating to the relocation of persons and businesses who may be
displaced from the Project Area and updating the provisions relating to affordable housing in
accordance with current provisions of the CRL; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council and the Community Development Commission of the
City of San Bernardino (the "Commission"), which serves as the governing board of the
Agency, have called upon the owners of property, residents, business operators and
neighborhood organizations in the Project Area to form a Project Area Committee for the
purpose of having consultations concerning the proposed reinstatement of the Agency's power
of eminent domain and the other technical amendments and restatements of the Redevelopment
Plan (the "2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan") and the potential of the Agency's
exercise of the reinstated power of eminent domain to displace low- and moderate-income
residents through the exercise of eminent domain on residential properties within the Project
Area; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Project Area Committee for the Project Area have
considered and approved the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan and have voted
to recommend to the Common Council and the Commission that the 2004 Amended and
Restated Redevelopment Plan be approved at the joint public hearing scheduled for July 19,
2004; and
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WHEREAS, the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan does not propose to
modify the boundaries of the Project Area or change any of the financial provisions of the
Redevelopment Plan. The 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan is focused solely
on: (i) the reinstatement of the Agency's eminent domain authority with respect to all property
in the Project Area to a new date of August 6,2013 following the adoption of the ordinance of
the Common Council adopting the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan; (ii) the
rescission of the special land development regulations contained in the Redevelopment Plan
affecting lands in the Project Area so that all new development in the Project Area must conform
to the applicable provisions of the current City General Plan and current zoning and
development regulations; and (iii) updating certain other provisions of the Redevelopment Plan
as relate to the relocation of persons and businesses who may be displaced from the Project Area
and updating certain provisions of the Redevelopment Plan relating to affordable housing in
accordance with current provisions of the CRL; and
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WHEREAS, the Common Council consented to hold a joint public hearing with the
Commission with respect to the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan, at which
public hearing any and all persons having any objection to the 2004 Amended and Restated
Redevelopment Plan or the Final Program Environmental Impact Report described below, or the
regularity of any prior proceedings concerning the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment
Plan, would be allowed to appear before the Commission and the Common Council and show
cause why the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan should not be adopted; and
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WHEREAS, the joint public hearing of the Commission and the Common Council was
duly held on July 19, 2004 regarding the certification of the Final Program Environmental
Impact Report and the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan; and
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WHEREAS, a Final Program Environmental Impact Report has been prepared in
connection with the consideration and approval of the 2004 Amended and Restated
Redevelopment Plan, and the Common Council has adopted its resolution entitled:
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"RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADOPTING A
STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, CERTIFYING A FINAL
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PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, ADOPTING THE
MITIGATION MONITORING PLAN FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF
EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS
OF THE UPTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA AND THE CENTRAL
CITY NORTH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA, AND OTHER
ENTITLEMENT ACTIONS, APPROVING CERTIFYING A TRANSPORTATION
TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS REPORT, AND ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 04-02"; and
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WHEREAS, the Commission has adopted its resolution entitled:
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"RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS A RESPONSIBLE AGENCY UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF
OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, AND MAKING FINDINGS THAT A FINAL
PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, AND THE MITIGATION
MONITORING PLAN FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF EMINENT DOMAIN
POWERS IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF THE UPTOWN
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE CENTRAL CITY NORTH
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FULLY AND ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE APPROVAL BY THE
COMMISSION OF SUCH REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS"; and
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WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the passage of this Resolution have occurred and
been taken in accordance with applicable law.
NOW, THEREFORE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, FIND AND DETERMINE AS
FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The information set forth in the Recitals of this Resolution is true an
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correct. The Commission has conducted a full and fair joint public hearing with the Commo
Council on July 19, 2004 regarding the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 2. The purpose and intent of the Commission with respect to the 2004
Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan is to reinstate the Agency's eminent domain
authority with respect to all property in the Project Area following the adoption of an Ordinance
of the Common Council approving the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan until
the August 6, 2013, termination date of the Redevelopment Plan. The 2004 Amended and
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Restated Redevelopment Plan also makes a number of nonsubstantive technical revisions to the
text to the original Redevelopment Plan, as set forth in the Recitals of this Resolution. The
approval of the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan shall protect and promote the
sound redevelopment of the Project Area and the general welfare of the inhabitants of the City
by providing a method of property acquisition through the potential use of eminent domain in
order for the Agency to be able to assemble parcels, attract redevelopment interest by owners of
land and third persons and secure capital improvement in the Project Area by insuring its ability
to deliver property for redevelopment purposes as part of specific programs to eliminate and
prevent the spread of blight in the Project Area.
SECTION 3. The Commission reviewed and considered all of the staff reports and
consultant reports prepared by or at the direction of the Agency and City, the staff and
consultant presentations submitted at the joint public hearings, including without limitation the
visual display of maps, graphs, charts and photographs and the written and oral comments of
interested persons submitted to the Commission and the Common Council at the joint public
hearing, and the "Report to Mayor and Common Council, 2004 Eminent Domain Amendment,
Central City North Redevelopment Report" (the "Section 33352 Report") as part of its
consideration of the 2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 4. (a) The Section 33352 Report contains a summary of facts and
information which indicate that conditions of blight continue to burden the Project Area. The
observation of the conditions of blight which afflict the Project Area is described in the Section
33352 Report. The Section 33352 Report includes both field observation of conditions in the
Project Area and analysis of technical data. The field observation was conducted by Agency
staff and qualified consultants, as described in the Section 33352 Report, all of whom have
significant experience in compiling and evaluating data relating to the existence of blight in a
redevelopment project area.
The Proj ect Area displayed substantial evidence of blight in 1973 at the time when the
Redevelopment Plan was adopted. The existence of blight in 1973 was so prevalent that blight
caused a reduction and lack of property utilization of the area to such an extent that the lands in
the Project Area posed a physical and economic burden on the community.
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CRL Section 33031 contains the primary source of law for the definition of "blight".
The following contains a summary of the information contained in the Section 33352 Report
which is organized under each of the four (4) elements or categories of "physical blight" (CRL
Section 33031(a)) and the five (5) elements or categories of "economic blight" (CRL Section
33031(b )). The applicable text of the statute is presented in bold-faced type, followed by a
summary of the applicable facts contained in the Section 33352 Report.
CRL Section 33031(a)(1): "Buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy for person
to live or work. These conditions can be caused by serious building code violations
dilapidation and deterioration, defective design or physical construction, faulty 0
inadequate utilities, or other similar factors."
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This provision describes one of the "classic" symptoms of blight. The informatio
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summarized in the Section 33352 Report was assembled from field observation of the exterio
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areas of buildings and structures visible to Agency staff and consultants from the public street
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and public right-of-ways in the Project Area. It is believed that interior inspection of th
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buildings and structures in the Proj ect Area, as well as closer inspections of the exterior areas 0
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potentially very serious life and safety related building deficiencies than described in the Sectio
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33352 Report. The evidence of City code enforcement activity in the Project Area indicates tha
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over the past five (5) years for which complete data is available, the building code enforcemen
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rate for serious structural deficiencies is five (5) times higher in the Project Area than in the Cit
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as a whole [Section)3352 Report B-15]. In large part this trend is likely attributable to th
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relatively old age of structures in the Project Area. Over 50% of the structures which current!
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exist in the Project Area were constructed prior to 1920. Many of these are in comparativel
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poor and deteriorated condition. [Section 33352 Report B-4 and B-5 and accompanyin
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photographs]
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Elsewhere in the Section 33352 Report, it is noted that the Project Area contains
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comparatively large number of vacant parcels ofland - thirty and eight tenth percent (30.8%) 0
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parcels are vacant [Section 33352 Report B-3]. In an older and fully urbanized area of
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community such as the Project Area, such a large percentage of vacant or unused parcels of Ian
2 often is an indication oflong-standing conditions of blight. This large number of vacant parcel
3 of land, in an otherwise fully developed urban area, is in large part the result of an effective an
4 sustained effort on the part of the City to enforce building and safety laws in the Project Are
5 [Section 33352 Report B-15]. As buildings have deteriorated in the Project Area, the City ha
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12 deterioration/dilapidated cases than the City." [Section 33352 Report B-15 and Table B-6]
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CRL Section 33031(a)(2): "Factors that prevent or substantially hinder the
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substandard design, inadequate size given present standards and market conditions, lack
of parking, or other similar factors."
This condition or symptom of blight remains present in the Project Area. The large
number of vacant lots in the Project Area - 30.8% of all legal parcels are vacant in the Project
Area comprising approximately 21.5% of the total acreage of the Project Area - evidences this
symptom of blight [Section 33352 Report B-3]. The Section 33352 Report contains the
following observation:
"Assessing all the lots in the Project Area and comparing them to the City's minimum lot
size requirements on a parcel by parcel basis for each permitted use, 72.77% of the
parcels are nonconforming and do not meet the minimum lot size requirement.
Table B-4 in the Section 33352 Report shows that the effect ofthe Agency's assistance to
date in reducing the Property has reduced the number of nonconforming parcels of land
in the "commercial" use designation to a level which is substantially less than the rate of
nonconformity for "residential" use parcels. To date, the Agency's assistance efforts in
the Project Area has been focused on commercial use and residential activities." [Section
33352 Report B-13 and B-14]
In view of the information set forth in the Section 33352 Report the Commission hereby
finds that the condition of blight described in CRL Section 3303 1 (a)(2) is present in the Project
Area and is a prevalent and substantial condition which causes a reduction and lack of utilization
of the Project Area and substantially contributes to a serious physical and economic burden on
the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private
enterprise or government action, or both without redevelopment.
CRL Section 33031(a)(3): "Adjacent or nearby uses that are incompatible with
each other and which prevent the economic development of those parcels or other portions
of the project area."
This condition is a symptom of blight and is found in the Project Area. [Section 33352
Report B-12 through B-13 and accompanying photographs.]
In view of the information set forth in the Section 33352 Report the Commission hereby
finds that the condition of blight described in CRL Section 33031(a)(3) is present in the Project
Area and is a prevalent and substantial condition which causes a reduction and lack of utilization
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of the Project Area and substantially contributes to a serious physical and economic burden on
the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private
enterprise or government action, or both without redevelopment.
CRL Section 33031(a)(4): "The existence of subdivided lots of irregular form and
shape and inadequate size for proper usefulness and development that are in multiple
ownership."
This condition of blight is also present in the Project Area. The ownership pattern of
land in the Project Area is exceedingly diverse and such small ownership pattern indicates that
land assembly by private property owners has not occurred. It is likely that given all the other
burdens affecting the Project Area, and the comparative ease of commercial businesses and
buyers of property to select other less challenged and newer areas of the community for
investment, that the assembly of small parcels into larger parcels of developable land in the
Project Area is not reasonably likely to occur without redevelopment assistance in one form or
another.
In view of the information set forth in the Section 33352 Report the Commission hereby
finds that the condition of blight described in CRL Section 33031(a)(4) is present in the Project
Area and is a prevalent and substantial condition which causes a reduction and lack of utilization
of the Project Area and substantially contributes to a serious physical and economic burden on
the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private
enterprise or government action, or both without redevelopment.
CRL Section 33031(b)(1): "Depreciated or stagnant property values or impaired
investments, including, but not necessarily limited to, those properties containing
hazardous wastes that require the use of agency authority as specified in Article 12.5
(commencing with Section 33459)."
This symptom of blight is present in the Project Area. Despite recent news reports and
general views about rising real estate investment values in the Inland Empire and in San
Bernardino in particular, the Project Area appears to be an area of the community which has not
benefited from these generally favorable economic conditions in recent years. In point of fact,
since 1988 a serious and sustained series of negative economic factors have produced an almost
"perfect storm" of adverse economic conditions in the Project Area. The economic down-turn
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of the late 1980's and early '90s, coupled with the closing of the nearby Santa Fe railway
locomotive repair shop facility and the closing of nearby Norton Air Force Base have resulted in
a major exodus of commercial business activity from the Project Area since 1973.
Virtually all of the new development, construction and business activity which has
occurred in the Project Area since 1973, has been directly assisted by the Agency in one form or
another [Section 33352 Report B-2]. In light of the large number of vacant parcels of land
available in the Project Area, this fact is particularly significant and indicative of this adverse
economic condition of blight.
The Section 33352 Report provides a good summary of the available evidence of the
existence of stagnant and depreciated property values in the Project Area in comparison to the
rest of the City in recent years which serve to illustrate this problem:
"Table B-2
Central City North Redevelopment Project Area
Historical Assessed Valuation
Central City North City of San Bernardino
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Assessed Value % Change Assessed Value % Change
1998/99 $95,146,072 -0.50% $3,856,207,176 0.86%
1999/00 $94,668,234 -8.11% $3,889,385,316 1.15%
2000/01 $86,987,904 12.07% $3,933,968,675 2.21%
2001/02 $97,487,748 -0.69% $4,021,058,224 2.75%
2002/03 $96,818,278 $4,131,626,923
Average IncN ear 0.69% 1.74%
Increase from 98/99 to 02/03 1.76% 7.140/0"
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This information reveals a very bleak story and presents substantial evidence of the
existence of depreciated or stagnant property value in the Project Area. The increase in assessed
property value in the City, as compared to the Project Area, has increased over four (4) times
faster than the weak rate of increase of assessed value in the Project Area.
In view of the information set forth in the Section 33352 Report the Commission hereby
finds that the condition of blight described in CRL Section 33031(b)(I) is present in the Project
Area and is a prevalent and substantial condition which causes a reduction and lack of utilization
of the Project Area and substantially contributes to a serious physical and economic burden on
the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private
enterprise or government action, or both without redevelopment.
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CRL Section 33031(b)(2): "Abnormally high business vacancies, abnormally low
lease rates, high turnover rates, abandoned buildings, or excessive vacant lots within an
area developed for urban use and served by utilities."
This symptom of blight is present in the Project Area. The photographs and the Section
33352 Report portray a number of vacant commercial use structures in the Project Area. The
number of vacant and under utilized commercial buildings is quite noticeable to the casual
observer. In addition, the unusually high percentage of vacant parcels in the Project Area
provides evidence that this condition of blight exists. The level of commercial-related business
activity in the Project Area has been essentially stagnant for the last five (5) years for which data
is available. This compares very unfavorably with the rest of the City. In fact, the total number
of business licenses issued by the City to businesses in the Project Area declined in 2002 from
prior years. [Section 33352 Report B-20 and B-21].
In view of the infonnation set forth in the Section 33352 Report the Commission hereby
finds that the condition of blight described in CRL Section 33031(b)(2) is present in the Project
Area and is a prevalent and substantial condition which causes a reduction and lack of utilization
of the Project Area and substantially contributes to a serious physical and economic burden on
the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private
enterprise or government action, or both without redevelopment.
CRL Section 33031(b)(5): "A high crime rate that constitutes a serious threat to the
public safety and welfare."
This symptom of blight is present in the Project Area. [Section 33352 Report B-17 and
B-18.] The incident of every category of major crime is higher in the Project Area than
elsewhere in the City. For the last three (3) years the rate of crime per 1,000 residents is nearly
ten (10) times higher in the Project Area than in the rest of the City. This is a very serious
symptom of blight.
In view of the infonnation set forth in the Section 33352 Report the Commission hereby
finds that the condition of blight described in CRL Section 33031(b)(5) is present in the Project
Area and is a prevalent and substantial condition which causes a reduction and lack of utilization
of the Project Area and substantially contributes to a serious physical and economic burden on
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the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private
enterprise or government action, or both without redevelopment.
(b) In view of the information set forth in the Section 33352 Report the Commission
hereby finds that the conditions of blight described in CRL Section 33031 are present in the
Project Area and that these conditions are prevalent and substantial conditions which cause a
reduction and lack of utilization of the Project Area and substantially contribute to a serious
physical and economic burden on the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be
reversed or alleviated by private enterprise or government action, or both without
redevelopment.
(c) The Commission hereby further finds that the 2004 Amended and Restated
Redevelopment Plan shall assist the Agency to correct and eliminate the spread of blight in the
Project Area by means of assisting owner participants and third party developers under the terms
of specific redevelopment agreements and covenants acceptable to the Agency to consolidate
parcels, eliminate obsolete or blighted structures or conditions on commercial use property and
preserve and create new employment and private capital investment in the Project Area.
SECTION 5. The Commission hereby acknowledges its receipt and approval of the
33352 Report. The Commission hereby requests the Common Council to consider and approve
the 33352 Report in the form as submitted at the joint public hearing for the adoption of the
2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 6. The Commission hereby acknowledges its receipt of a document entitled
"Written Responses and Findings to Written and Oral Objections Received Prior to or at the July
19, 2004, Joint Public Hearings for the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan for the
Central City North Project Area and for the Amendment to the Uptown Redevelopment Project
Area Plan" (the "Written Response and Findings"), and the Commission hereby approves and
adopts the responses and findings contained therein in connection with the adoption of the 2004
Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan. The Commission hereby requests the Common
Council to approve and adopt the Written Responses and Findings and to overrule each and
every written and oral objection submitted by any person to the adoption of the 2004 Amended
and Restated Redevelopment Plan. A copy of the Written Response and Findings is on file with
the City Clerk.
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SECTION 7. The Commission hereby approves and adopts the 2004 Amended and
Restated Redevelopment Plan, a copy of which is on file with the Agency Secretary, and which
2004 Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan is incorporated herein by this reference, and
the Commission designates the Redevelopment Plan, as amended by the 2004 Amended and
Restated Redevelopment Plan (hereinafter, the "Amended Redevelopment Plan") as the official
redevelopment plan for the Central City North Redevelopment Project, subject to the adoption
of an appropriate Ordinance of the Common Council which approves and adopts the 2004
Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan and the Amended Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 8. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
of this Resolution, is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Resolution. The Commission hereby declares that it would have adopted this
Resolution and each, section subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Resolution,
irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions of this Resolution be declared invalid for any reason.
SECTION 9. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption. The Agency Secretary
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RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, MAKING FINDINGS
REGARDING CONDITIONS OF BLIGHT IN THE REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREA OF THE CENTRAL CITY NORTH
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT; APPROVING THE SECTION 33352
REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL ON THE 2004
AMENDED AND RESTATED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE
CENTRAL CITY NORTH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND
APPROVING THE 2004 AMENDED AND RESTATED
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CENTRAL CITY NORTH
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the
10 Community Development Commission of the City of San Bernardino at a j t. reg. meeting
11 thereof, held on the 16th day of August ,2004, by the following vote, to wit:
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
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